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Meghalaya likely to have rail link with Bangladesh

SHILLONG: If things go according to plan, Meghalaya will soon be on the Railways network as the North East Frontier Railway has submitted a Rs. 16,000-crore project to the ministry for connecting key trading points along the Bangladesh border in the State and in Assam.

Railway lines would be set up from Jogighopa in Goalpara district to Silchar in Assam via some key trading points along the Bangladesh border such as Dawki, Shella and Baghmara under the project. “The 437-km railway line will run through the southern hill slopes of Meghalaya,” State Chief Secretary Ranjan Chatterjee said after a meeting with Railways officials here late on Wednesday evening. — PTI

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